The Northern Basin Review represents an opportunity to check if the targets set for water recovery in northern basin catchments are appropriate. It is an important step in safeguarding one of Australia’s greatest national assets, the Murray–Darling Basin. Its continued well-being is an essential part of sustaining communities into the future.

On 28th May 2012, the Authority provided a package of documents to each member of the Murray–Darling Basin Ministerial Council which included a transmittal letter, the Proposed Basin Plan – a revised draft, the Proposed Basin Plan consultation report, the Socio-economic implications of the Proposed Basin Plan and a Guideline for the method to determine...

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has released the revised Basin Plan to ministers as part of the next step in the process of developing a plan for the Murray–Darling Basin. The MDBA also released a report detailing the changes that have been made to the draft based on submissions received during the consultation period.

Most of the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin can be considered 'working rivers'. While the flows in some rivers, like the Paroo, remain mostly natural, for the majority of rivers, water is captured, extracted or diverted to support communities, agriculture and other industries. Communities also value healthy and functioning river and floodplain ecosystems, which provide...

The Basin Plan aims to balance the water needs of the environment and other uses, through the establishment of new limits (known as sustainable diversion limits, or SDLs) on the volumes of water use. Drawing on the best available information and advice, the Authority has: - assessed flow regimes at 122 environmental sites throughout the...